Justin Dimmel, an assistant professor of mathematics education and instructional technology with the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, will present at the Bangor PechaKucha Night on Friday, Feb. 19. Dimmel’s presentation — “Beyond Real World Applications: Place, Curiosity, and Disciplined Inquiry in School Mathematics” — is about a curriculum he developed […]
Read more
Librarians at Fogler Library teach a range of research sessions that support educational goals across disciplines, and they often provide supplementary assistance by creating online course guides. These course guides help link students to articles, databases and other resources relevant to their research. Course guides librarians have created for faculty this semester include BUA 325: […]
Read more
The three finalists for dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will give public presentations on campus, all scheduled from 1:30–2:30 p.m. Dr. Timothy Reagan, Feb. 17, Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall Dr. Susan Gardner, March 1, Bangor Room, Memorial Union Dr. Alison Carr-Chellman, March 3, Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall Reagan […]
Read more
The University of Maine recognized 2,216 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2015 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,665 are from Maine, 468 are from 30 other states and 83 are from 25 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
Read more
The University of Maine International Programs’ Study Abroad Fair will be held Thursday, Jan. 28 to inform UMaine students, faculty and staff about the programs available for all majors to study, intern, research or teach abroad. The free event will run from 2 to 5 p.m. in the first-floor ballroom of Estabrooke Hall. Information will […]
Read more
WABI (Channel 5), The Washington Times, The Daily Journal, Berkshire Eagle and WGME (Channel 13) reported the University of Maine has been awarded almost $12,000 from the USDA to further research the state’s potato industry. The funding will help enhance critical food research of Maine’s agricultural sector, according to the report.
Read more
The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the UMaine Career Center will host the 18th annual UMaine Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. More than 120 employers from Maine and around the country with job and internship opportunities are […]
Read more
Ian Mette, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, had the most downloaded article of 2015 in the Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. The paper, “Turnaround, Transformational, or Transactional Leadership: An Ethical Dilemma in School Reform,” appeared in the December 2014 issue of JCEL. It was downloaded more than 1,500 […]
Read more
The Darling Marine Center and UMaine Online are among the latest programs to upgrade to the university’s new website template. School of Policy and International Affairs, Commencement 2016, Summer University, Division of Lifelong Learning, NASA Student Launch Initiative 2016, Communication and Journalism, Enrollment Management, Maine Climate and Ag Network and UMaine Video and Web Conferencing […]
Read more
A three-year, $2 million National Science Foundation project led by University of Maine researchers was cited in a New York Times article about Microsoft acquiring MinecraftEdu, a modified version of Minecraft tailored for use in schools. The popular video game is described as a digital sandbox, inside which players can construct anything they want, much […]
Read more